(This vocal pedagogy commentary is excerpted from the Choral Journal article, “Voice Care for Vocal Athletes in Training” by Leon Thurman and Van Lawrence. Share YOUR vocal expertise by writing a future installment of “Speaking of Voice.” Contact Scott Dorsey, .) The "coach" of singing vocal athletes, whether the singers are soloists or […]
Speaking of Voice: “Is the Warm-up in Your Score?” by Barbara Abramoff Levy
(This vocal pedagogy commentary is excerpted from the Choral Journal article, “Teaching Vocal technique from the Musical Score,” by Barbara Abramoff Levy. Share YOUR vocal expertise by writing a future installment of “Speaking of Voice.” Contact Scott Dorsey, .) If rehearsal time is such a precious commodity to choral conductors, how can this […]
Speaking of Voice: “Dalcroze in Your Rehearsal” by Herbert H. Henke
(This vocal pedagogy commentary is excerpted from the Choral Journal article, “The Application of Emile Jaques-DaIcroze’s Solfège-Rhythmique to the Choral Rehearsal" by Herbert H. Henke. Share YOUR vocal expertise by writing a future installment of “Speaking of Voice.” Contact Scott Dorsey, .) For most persons the term "eurhythmics" conjures up a mental image […]
CJ Replay: Sectional Rehearsals
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “Sectional Rehearsals” by Timothy Mount) The use of regularly scheduled sectionals is one of the most valuable rehearsal techniques at the choral conductor’s disposal. Some conductors employ sectional rehearsals on an occasional basis, particularly in learning new and difficult works. Sectionals can, however, be used profitably […]
CJ Replay: Conductors Have Flappy Lips
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “Forty Percent” by Scott S. Withrow) “In an analysis of five choral conductors’ rehearsals Thurman (1978) found that an average of forty per cent of rehearsal time was used for verbal communication by the conductors.” (Choral Journal, January, 1980, page 11) FORTY PERCENT? As an […]
CJ Replay: Bruckner’s Masses
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “Bruckner’s Mass in F Minor: Culmination of the Symphonic Mass” by William Weinert) The decade between 1864 and 1874 witnessed the composition of several of the most significant large-scale choral works of the Romantic period: Brahms’s Ein deutscbes Requiem (1868), Verdi’s Requiem (1874), and Bruckner’s three […]